Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-30

Fort Worth and Denver, Morgan Jones,
president; E.. V. holland, general pass
enger agent.
Texas and Pacific, D. W. Mccullough,
general passenger agent.
Houston, East and West Texas repre-
sented by J. S. Cark, general passenger
agent of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa
Fe.
st. Louis and San Francisco repre-.
sented oy j. S. Csrk.
st. Louis, Arkansas and Texss-W.
Homan, general manager; f. W. Is
Beaume, assistant general passenger
agent.
Fort Worth and Rio Grande-Captain
Paddock, president.
COLONEL NEWMAN SPEAKS.
Mr.. Newman said that railroad men
were not supposed to be speakers, but he
was glad to meet the committee on behalf
of the different railroads in Texas in con-
ference-naming the different roads in
the state that were willing to 60 into the
immigration movement-and that each
and all the roads would heartily cooper
ate with the people Of Texas in this move
ment. He said that they had not
formulated any plan, but that
he would make 8 statement
OF what had been talked over and agreed
to among themselves, stating that they
were DESTROYS OF being governed by what
should appear pest TO oil parties in
terested. He said he hoped that the COM
mittee had plan to submit to them, but
in the absence Of such he would say that
the best immigration plan was by excur-
sion and not by rate per mile. He thought
that the committee should
MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR EXCURSIONS,
two each month, beginning in January
and continuing to July. He gave his
reasons why he thought the excursion
plan was the best now, and . rate next
fall, beginning in September. The real
settler does not come until fall, and the
excursion rate of one fare for round-trip
good for sixty days was what the state
needed between this and the fall travel
and lower rate for immigrants
ONE WAY ONLY
in the fall. HE suggested that Offices with
intelligent agents located at st. Louis,
Chicago, Kansas City, Atlanta,
New Orleans, specially, instead
of sending agents into the
different states. There would be diff
Guilty in fixing a rate by mile with con-
nee ing lines outside Of the state. He
was Of the opinion that money spent in
sending agents into the different states
would be money thrown away. He be-
lieved that il the people of Texas go at
it right the railroads would CO operate
with them and be glad to do anything to
further the plan of immigration into
Texas. He suggested that in county or
ganiz atoms several names OF prominent
citizens should be in the advertisements
in order that parties abroad might write
to and ask
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
when desired. He spoke OF county maps
being gotten up upon which might be
prin ed q description of the county 1t rep
resented. He said their agents would
cid In distributing advertising matter, land
he assured the committee that it would
be well done. He hoped the convention
would say plainly what they wan ed the
railroads TO do, and he thought there
would be no trouble about the companies
meeting them fully in any reasonable de-
msndss
Mr.. Chiffon asked the rate to California.
Mr.. Newman stated that it would be
from January S92 from St. Louis, round
trip, and S67 straight trip, excepting two
excursions in February, which had been
previously arranged, at $50 round trip.
He said: Take Fort Worth to ST. Louis,
for instance. They proposed to sell
round trip ticket to and from those places
for 80, one fare, which was
LESS THAN THE CALIFORNIA RATE.
The tickets would be sold from different
points north, east or south good to any
coupon station in Texas, and every cOun-
~ seat and many towns outside OF such
were coupon stations, 80 that party
holding such ticket could 60 TO that point
or beyond it on his ticket. It would
cover the state pretty well, as there were
between 200 and 500 coupon stations in
the state.
Mr.. Newman said: "I2 you people will
work % you have talked, do not think
tt will be any trouble ia CO operation"
Mr.. Daugherty-"We would like to
have the railroad companies place US on
as favorable 8 rate IS they have put Cali
fornia, which rate has heretofore been
$50, which has been about l cent mile.
We would like to interest the passenger
agents in the matter Of commissions If
such thing can be DONE"
Mr.. Newman contended that the ex-
cursion rate he proposed for Texas was
less than that to California, and IS to
commissions to agents the trunk lines
would not put tickets on sale where COM
missions are paid agents.
Here followed q good deal Of crossfr-
ing between the members of the commit
tee and Mr.. Newman, that gentleman
answering, it appeared, all questions sat
isfactorily. Mr.. Newman stated that
while excursion tickets were sold to only
five points In California, they would be
sold to over
200 POINTS
in Texas. At this juncture John Peter
Smith said he thought the people would
appreciate the railroads In this effort to
cooperate with the people, and that he
regarded the proposition as liberal. He
advised active organization in accordance
with what had been said and he thought
great good would result to Texas. The
privilege of holding the tickets sixty days
wss great privilege. People who come
here would have ample time to see every
thing and return to their homes and tell
the wonderful tales they would be pre-
pared to relate, and he moved that the
committee extend their
THANKS TO THE RAILROADS